The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-11

these music hall ditsies. it was the publishers
who made a little fortune out of the chance sue
cess of .'Grandfather's Clock" not the author.
PROFESSOR RAMSAY. of Glasgow. declares
that English literature is of no account beside
the study of Latin; ex- Professor Blacke tells
the collegiate boys in Edin burgh that Latin and
Greek are unnecessary and useless that I'VE
have got man big twenty Homers-
Shakespeare We have got Scottish Homer
Walter Scott"
THE Oil City Blizzard nominates for Presi
dent the Hon. W. f. Cody, and presents this
rousing verse by way of suggestion to the cam
paien poet:
When asked what State he halls from
Wen say he's from the plains
And the length of his hair will only compare
With the quality of his brains.
CAR ALEXANDER has suddenly found diver
sion very soothing to his disordered nerves. A
short time ago the complaint reached his ear
that the carp and pike in the ponds of Gatschina
were multiplying too fast. The Car resolved
to occupy his leisure hours with fishing. While
at first only sport to him it has now become a
confirmed habit Indefatigably he sits on the
bank with fishing rod and waits patiently for
bite.
ONE of the regrets of the Israelites, when
they lin their hearts again turned back to
Egypt. was for the onions which they used to eat
in their land of bondage. 1t is to be noted that
Egypt is again becoming land Of onion culture
Large quantities are yearly shipped to Europe
from Alexandria and other ports A few years
ago the trade hardly existed, while in two months
of last year alone IL, 900 tons were shipped to
Liverpool
JOSEF HOFFMAN,, a little German boy ten
years of age, has been astonishing the musicians
and musical critics of London with his wonder
full skill as piano-player. He ia quiet. healthy
little chap. not at all like most youthful prodi-
ges. He plays the most difficult pieces by Men
delsohn, Mozart, Chopin and others with
markable accuracy and expression. Mr. Mayer
Is OF the opinion that American musicians
should have chance to hear Hoffman,.
THE Conservator, the organ of the colored
folks of Chicago, has this to say about the Nc
Garigle episode: $50 you let McGar;ge get
it, You all was too particular bout his health
an his high toned ways II he had been
colored man put in Jail for grabbin' stray
chicken they'd dun put him in cell and forgot
that he was there This way maxim fish out O.
one man an dog meat out O. mother amt right"
Miss KATE FIELD will go down to posterity as
the first person who ever delivered public lect-
ure in Alaska. The subject of her discourse
entitled IAN Evening with Dickens" a most
inappropriate title. as the lecture began at 11:30
the mining camp and largest town of the prov
ince. Miss Field had large and attentive
audience. Her only remuneration was vote of
thanks, a dinner at the hotel and subscription
to the Free Press, the only paper in Alaska
THE Crown Prince of Germany, while present
at the Spithead naval review board the
Queens yacht, met the ex-Empress Eugene,
who as the guest of the Queen, was also ad-
miring the magnificent spectacle from that
vessel. The last previous occasion on which
the Crown Prince had met Eugenie, then EN-
press of the French. was at the festivities which
took place on the opening of the Suez canal in
Novem Der. 1869-an interval of eighteen years.
crowded full of events for both the Empress
and the Prince.
The greatest surprise of all the realestate
around the national capital is the
purchase, just completed. of tract of three
hundred acres by William NJ. Evarts. His new
is about twelve miles south of Wash
lngton, and adioins the government tract of
about four hundred acres, which abuts the
Potomac river. and upon which the river
front is Fort Washington. The Evarts estate.
main stream, but enjoys riparian privileges upon
a picturesque estuary of the Potomac just above
Fort WASHINGTON known as Swan creek.
In the Epoch. DIR. Cyrus Edison tells people to
wear dark clothes in summer and enforces his
doctrine by saying that arctic animals have
reason that the color holds the bodily heat and |
loes not allow it to radiate rapidly as the |
black" Apparently. DR.. Edison believes in |
final causes but the Darwinian way of ex- |
planning arctic white coats is that white does not
show well against snow as black. Conse- |
luently moro white bears would escape the |
sight OF their enemies than black. Consequently |
.he white bears would survive and transmit |
heir color their offspring, and again, conse- |
luently, arctic bears would mostly be white.
The admirers Of General Nelson A. Miles in |
Arizona will present him with a sword at Tue |
ION the anniversary in November next, of
he surrender of Geronimo and his Apaches.
Only one precious stone, en- amethyst, will be
Used, but the scabbard will be of solid gold,
engraved with scenes from the
campaign. The foot of the scabbard will be
ormed by head OF Geronimo with hat on. The
blade is of Damascus steel and the hilt of white
harks skin braided in gold. The guard is of
,old emblematic of both cavalry and infantry
At the extreme end of the guard, engraved in
.old, will be the head of Nachez. the son of
cochise. a moonstone amethyst forming the end
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